10 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
PALAEORNIS TORQUATUS DOCILIS (Vieillot). 
2 o’s, Singa, Blue-Nile, 28 Dec.; El Garef, 9 Jan. 
Very common over the region covered. Breeding freely in Jan. 
and Feb. in holes high up in trees. 
CORACIIDAE. 
CoRACIAS AByssinicus Boddaert. 
3 specimens, 2 o’s and 1 @, El Garef, Blue-Nile, 9 Jan.; El Sa- 
bonabi, 2 Jan.; El Serifa, 22 Jan. 
Very common. The showiest bird of this region during the winter. 
CoRACIUS NAEVIUS NAEVIUS Daudin. 
1 @, Aradeiba, Blue-Nile, 21 Jan. 
Rare. Only two seen. 
ALCEDINIDAE. 
CERYLE RUDIS RUDIS (Linné). © 
1 o’, Roseires, Blue-Nile, 13 Jan. 
Common along the river. 
CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA (Riippell). 
2 specimens, 1 o, Abiad, Dinder, 14 Feb.; 1, Roseires, Blue-Nile, 
13 Jan. 
Not common. In pairs along the river and the pools of the Dinder. 
HaLcyon cHELicuti (Stanley). 
1 2, El Mesharat, Blue-Nile, 2 Jan. 
Uncommon and found in the thorn forest at some distance from 
water. 
BUCEROTIDAE. 
LopHOCEROS HEMPRICHI Ehrenberg. 
1 2, El Mesharat, Blue-Nile, 2 Jan. 
Very common all through the thorn bush in flocks of three or four. 
